Category: Study Guides

  • Psychology

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    Fyodor (Mikhailovich – patronym) Dostoevsky, is a Russian writer, whose name is enlisted to the greatest and most talented people of letters of the 20th century. Working in and establishing the style of existentialism and psychological realism for Eastern Literature, his novels, and…

  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary

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    D.H. Lawrence published, the now classic, Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1928. The book had to face a great deal of controversy, banned and unbanned throughout the century, because of its obscene content and storyline. The story started off with the main character – the 23-year-old Connie Reid, daughter of a Scottish painter, Sir Malcolm- getting…

  • Stephen Kumalo

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    Stephen Kumalo, a black priest from a small village, receives a letter from Johannesburg, where it is said that his sister is very sick and needs his help. She had long since left her native village in search of her husband, having left for the big city and eventually remained there. Kumalo collects all the…

  • And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it analysis

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    And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Quote Analysis This quote is said by the old king is one of the most popular works of Paulo Coelho. It is even more interesting, because the contradictory statement about some impossible obstacles – a robbery, staying in an endless…

  • Stars, hide your fires; Let not light Macbeth

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    Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. Quote Analysis Act 1 Scene 4 lines 52-53 Said by Macbeth at the beginning of the play in Act 1 Scene 4, these words show us the initial hesitations of the character. He discusses his current position with himself: now Macbeth is…

  • Comedy of Errors Study Guide

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    Comedy of Errors Study Guide Author: William Shakespeare Original title: One of the earliest comedies of William Shakespeare, “The Comedy of Errors” lacks the depth of the plotline that defines his later works, but it is still incredibly funny. The author makes use of the slapstick humour and mistaken identities, but also adds his trademark…

  • Mrs. Dalloway Summary

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    Showcasing a post-World War I London, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway takes place over the course of a single day. While many characters’ consciousness takes charge of the narrative, the two major plots remain that of the title character Mrs. Dalloway, an upper-class socialite married to a member of the Parliament as she spends her day…

  • Glumdalclitch

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    Glumdalclitch is a nine-year-old daughter of a farmer. Her name can be interpreted as ‘nanny.’ She is kind and sweet Brobdingnagian. She takes care about little Gulliver, makes a bed for him in the cradle of her doll, sews little shirts for him, teaches their language and gives him a new name — Grildrig. The…

  • D’Artagnan

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    A hero is inspired by a real historical persona, Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d’Artagnan (1610-1673). Alexander Dumas researched a work devoted to him before writing “The Three Musketeers.” The story begins, when the young man travels from Gascon to Paris. Several starting pages completely devoted to his description. He is characterized in comparison to the…

  • The Old Man and the Sea Study Guide

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    The Old Man and the Sea Study Guide Author: Ernest Hemingway Original title: The Old Man and the Sea Characters: Santiago, Manolin, The Marlin, The Sea Published: 1996 by Scribner (first published September 1st 1952) Setting: Cuba ISBN 0684830493 (ISBN13: 9780684830490) While “The Old Man and the Sea” closes Ernest Hemingway writing career, it also…